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I Left My Heart in a Vat of Superglue

Posted in Events, Houston Parrot Festival, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This is a feather pillow. What’s different about this from your usual feather pillows is that this pillow has feathers on the outside. I made this pillow from donated molted feathers from my Bird Friends all over the country and Canada.  This pillow will be winging its way to the Folks at Phoenix Landing for [...]

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The Quiz Geek Of “Bird Channel.com”

Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, Patricia Sund, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I just got a new gig, and I’m not minding it at all. It is, after all, writing in some form, and I learn all sorts of new things. Bird Talk has a website called “Bird Channel.” It’s a big site with a lot to offer and a ton of information. One of the features [...]

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Coming Up For Air

Posted in Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Mattie and me at the Petco Festival I’m back. Back to the blog once again! My apologies for having left it untouched for so long, but I had a lot of catching up to do. As you might recall, I spent three weeks working at the Cincinnati Zoo. (Here is their Kookaburra): While I was [...]

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Phoenix Landing: A “Place to Land”

Posted in Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I realize that I refer to Phoenix Landing frequently in some of my posts. Perhaps you don’t know much about them.  It was established to promote and protect the welfare of parrots, especially those with an extensive lifespan.Phoenix Landing (PL) is a non-profit parrot welfare and education foundation. But they do more than just place parrots. [...]

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Facebook. An Incredible Phenomenon…

Posted in Most Popular Posts and Articles, Posts About the "Chop" Recipe, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’d heard of Facebook but didn’t quite know what to think. I joined Facebook sometime in January from an invitation sent to me from a cyber friend. This cyber-friend actually has the same last name as me and had been searching for family members. Turn out we aren’t related, but decided we’d be “cousins” anyway. [...]

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Parrot Festival…It’s Not Just Lectures You Know…

Posted in Events, Houston Parrot Festival, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Free Flight trainer Chris Biro Shaking his tail feathers for donations…I’m helping. No, the Houston Parrot Festival isn’t all serious lectures and training sessions.  Actually, we have a blast. I recommend attending the Festival if you have the time. There are vendors with all of the latest products and there are a few highly-esteemed Vets [...]

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The Parrot Festival: A Scarf-a-Palooza

Posted in Events, Houston Parrot Festival, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just got back from the Houston Parrot Festival put on by the NPRPF, which is the “National Parrot Rescue and Preservation Foundation”; a mouthful in and of itself. I got back on Monday and I’m still beat. It’s a high-energy, fun get-together for Parrot Freaks all over the Country and this is how the [...]

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6 Days of Altitude

Posted in essays and articles, tagged , , , , on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(My friend Doreen and I on our way to Jamaica) I just finished a 6-day stretch of flying. I have tomorrow off with the exception of a meeting, and then I go back to a 5-day grind. I’ve been getting up at 5 a.m. to get the birds and Mattie up, out and fed. The [...]

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